A Quality Improvement Initiative to Reduce Abdominal X-ray use in Pediatric Patients Presenting with Constipation

To decrease the percentage of patients undergoing an abdominal X-ray for evaluation of constipation within twenty-four hours of their initial gastroenterology visit.

source https://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476(22)00665-5/fulltext?rss=yes

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